PCB 3023 Exam 1 questions well
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Thylakoid - correct answer 3rd membrane system in chloroplasts that contains chlorophyll
Endosymbiosis - correct answer Theory that mitochondria and chloroplasts entered eukaryotic cells
Endocytosis - correct answer Import through plasma membrane
Epithelial cells - correct answer bound by tight junctions; cover body surfaces and form lining of
internal organs
Escheria coli - correct answer Model Bacteria
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) - correct answer Model eukaryote; equally related to animals &
plants
Arabidopsis thaliana (a weed) - correct answer Model plant
Drosophila (fly) - correct answer Model animal; foundation of genetics
Caenorhabditis elegans (nematode) - correct answer Model animal; counterparts for ~70% of human
genes
Danio rerio (zebrafish) - correct answer Model vertebrate
Mus musculus (mouse) - correct answer Model mammal
1. Sugars
2. Fatty acids
3. Amino acids
, 4. Nucleotides - correct answer Four major families of organic molecules
Dehydration synthesis - correct answer Process of adding sugar subunits to one end of a growing
chain
Hydrolysis - correct answer Reverse reaction of dehydration synthesis
Saturated fatty acids - correct answer Fatty acids where every C has its max number of H's; form
aggregates to make the membrane less fluid
Cis- fatty acids - correct answer Unsaturated fatty acids that do not aggregate to reduce membrane
rigidity
Trans- fatty acids - correct answer Unsaturated fatty acids that form aggregates
Hydrogenation - correct answer Process in which cis- unsaturated fatty acids are converted into
saturated fatty acids
Triacylglycerol - correct answer Fatty acids that are stored as fats through an ester linkage to glycerol
Phospholipids - correct answer Hydrophilic head; one saturated and one unsaturated hydrophobic
fatty acid tails
Amino acid structure - correct answer
Alanine - correct answer One of the simplest amino acids
Polymer - correct answer Chain of monomeric subunits through covalent bonding
Polysaccharide - correct answer Sugar chain
Protein - correct answer Amino acid chain
answered already passed
Thylakoid - correct answer 3rd membrane system in chloroplasts that contains chlorophyll
Endosymbiosis - correct answer Theory that mitochondria and chloroplasts entered eukaryotic cells
Endocytosis - correct answer Import through plasma membrane
Epithelial cells - correct answer bound by tight junctions; cover body surfaces and form lining of
internal organs
Escheria coli - correct answer Model Bacteria
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) - correct answer Model eukaryote; equally related to animals &
plants
Arabidopsis thaliana (a weed) - correct answer Model plant
Drosophila (fly) - correct answer Model animal; foundation of genetics
Caenorhabditis elegans (nematode) - correct answer Model animal; counterparts for ~70% of human
genes
Danio rerio (zebrafish) - correct answer Model vertebrate
Mus musculus (mouse) - correct answer Model mammal
1. Sugars
2. Fatty acids
3. Amino acids
, 4. Nucleotides - correct answer Four major families of organic molecules
Dehydration synthesis - correct answer Process of adding sugar subunits to one end of a growing
chain
Hydrolysis - correct answer Reverse reaction of dehydration synthesis
Saturated fatty acids - correct answer Fatty acids where every C has its max number of H's; form
aggregates to make the membrane less fluid
Cis- fatty acids - correct answer Unsaturated fatty acids that do not aggregate to reduce membrane
rigidity
Trans- fatty acids - correct answer Unsaturated fatty acids that form aggregates
Hydrogenation - correct answer Process in which cis- unsaturated fatty acids are converted into
saturated fatty acids
Triacylglycerol - correct answer Fatty acids that are stored as fats through an ester linkage to glycerol
Phospholipids - correct answer Hydrophilic head; one saturated and one unsaturated hydrophobic
fatty acid tails
Amino acid structure - correct answer
Alanine - correct answer One of the simplest amino acids
Polymer - correct answer Chain of monomeric subunits through covalent bonding
Polysaccharide - correct answer Sugar chain
Protein - correct answer Amino acid chain
